“Sharp, wicked humour” – Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden #GordonBurnsPrize
“Franzen’s best since The Corrections” – Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
“Very accessible, very absorbing, definitely recommended” – Manifesto by Bernardine Evaristo
“This is the best of times…” – D – A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber
“A heady, fever dream” – Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi
“Profound and engrossing” – The Dawn of Language by Sverker Johansson
“One for aficionados of Georgian historical fiction” – The Black Drop by Leonora Nattrass
“A foundational text in the dystopian canon” – WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin
“A thriller that failed to thrill” – A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris
“A royal blast from start to finish” – All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk
“Extremely acute” – Assembly by Natasha Brown #GoldsmithsPrize2021
“Unlikely to change your mind” – Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen
“A satisfying resolution” – By Rowan and Yew by Melissa Harrison
“Not an ordinary visual distortion” – The Silence by Don DeLillo
“Surprisingly intense” – Source by Rosemary Johnston
“Not for ghost story aficionados” – Reality & Other Stories by John Lanchester
“Come for the humour” – Little Scratch by Rebecca Watson #GoldsmithsPrize2021
“Half fact, half flying toupee” – A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris
“Two parts Haruki Murakami and two parts Banana Yoshimoto” – The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
“Has a little bit of everything” – Memorial by Bryan Washington
“Expect the unexpected” – Burntcoat by Sarah Hall
“Impressionistic imprecision” – Discipline by Dash Shaw
“Beautifully wrought and beautifully told” – Madgermanes by Birgit Weyhe
“Readable and accessible” – Art of the Extreme 1905-1914 by Philip Hook
“The best biography of Grayson yet” – Victor Grayson: Britain’s Lost Revolutionary by Harry Taylor
“Another banger” – Matrix by Lauren Groff
“Cloud Atlas Cuckoo Land” – Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Books You Really Should’ve Read By Now (no. three million and fifteen): The Housekeeper + The Professor by Yoko Ogawa
